Any of you who follow this blog know that today was my KidSwap day with my neighbor Melissa. So as you can imagine...8 kids...so on and so forth. But today was especially interesting. It has been a rainy blithering mess here for about 4 days and time outside burning off steam has been far too little. This tends to lead to an issue of rowdy children in confined spaces. Well after, ever so intelligently, figuring out what the problem was this morning as "the big 6" proceeded to throw, run, jump and scream incessantly in my lower level...we went outside! Chilly? Yes...Better than going deaf inside? INDEED!!

So there we were out in the yard..bundled a bit...but ready to spread our wings. Children were running, yelling, and being jolly. And here comes the sticky part.

They began getting dirty. Would I continue just saying "No we can't do that guys!" just to save a load of laundry? Or would I allow them to dig in whole heartedly?

Yep! You guessed it....DIG IN KIDS...DIG IN!

Can anyone guess what happened next?

Written by Alicia Overby - Founder & President of Baby Elephant Ears

Alicia is wife, mother, and creator of Baby Elephant Ears. Baby Elephant Ears was created out of parental concern, not financial desire. In 2005, when their second child was an infant, he cried all the time and just couldn't seem to get comfortable.

After seeking advice and suggestion from the medical community and alternative medicine, they eventually ended up in the chiropractors office where their baby was successfully treated for a subluxation, discomfort most likely the result of the strain during labor, which was now being exacerbated by the normal lack of infant neck strength. Only proper neck, head, and back alignment would offer him relief. When they couldn't find a product to give their baby the necessary support, Alicia took matters into her own hands and crafted her own infant support pillow. The first Baby Elephant Ears was born!

For more information, visit www.babyelephantears.com.